Gem Crush Brushes; Oh no!

When I went and bought my Gem Crush polishes, I noticed there were two different kinds of lids on the bottles, one obviously being the original lid and brush, the other a newer design. I wasn't sure if there would be much difference, or which would be better, so I went ahead and bought some with the old lid, and some with the new.
The older lid is a more standard looking lid, and the new is a bit more funky, with a kind-of concave appearance.
If you scroll down a little, you will see that I had previously done a review on one of the glitter polishes from Sally Hansen's Gem Crush collection. In that post, I was raving, so excited to have found such a pretty full-coverage glitter nail polish which was easy to apply. The post was done on my Razzle Dazzler, which as you can see in the image above, was one of the Gem Crush nail polishes I purchased with the older lid on it.

Just last night, I decided to try out another one of my Gem Crush nail polishes, number 08, Glitz Gal, which was one of the few I bought with the newer lid design on it, as seen in the image above.

As soon as I unscrewed the lid of Glitz Gal, the difference in design was quite apparent. Whereas the older design was equipped with a thick stem and much thicker brush, the new design was sporting a much thinner stem and brush, like those found in most regular nail lacquers. I wasn't sure how the difference brush size would effect the performance of the nail polish, so I went ahead and tried it out.

As soon as I had painted on my first stroke, dissapointment set in. The smaller brush was not picking up as much of the glitter and I was having a lot harder time applying it, meaning more coats were needed to actually achieve a full coverage on my nails.

As you can see in the picture above, the differences in the two lid designs are quite obvious, and when comparing swatches, you can see a huge difference in the amount of glitter and polish being picked up and painted on between the two brushes.

I would definitely recommend trying to get the older design of brushes if anyone was trying to get hold of the Gem Crush series as it is so much easier to apply and requires less coats, and therefore less time. I found I had a full coverage of the glitter nail polish after only two coats.
If you have been wanting to purchase this polish, I'd advise going into your local store and searching for the bottles which have the older design, before they all run out.

I would not recommend the newer design to anyone who was wanting an easy-to-apply full-coverage glitter polish, as it has a hard time picking up the glitter and painting it onto your nails, and I was having to apply a full three coats onto my nails, with some even needing four coats.
Though, if a full coverage is not what you are looking for, the newer design may be better suited to you as it would apply well over another colour.
However, the new design did still achieve a nice full coat of glitter after three or four coats, and the over-all look was pleasing, as I'd assume all of the polishes in the Gem Crush collection would be.

Hopefully this post was helpful to some of you!
-Ruby
xoxo